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doll

  [dol]
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–noun
1. a small figure representing a baby or other human being, esp. for use as a child's toy.
2. Slang.
a. a pretty but expressionless or unintelligent woman.
b. a girl or woman, esp. one who is considered attractive.
c. a boy or man who is considered attractive.
d. (sometimes initial capital letter) an affectionate or familiar term of address (sometimes offensive when used to strangers, casual acquaintances, subordinates, etc., esp. by a male to a female).
3. Informal. a generous or helpful person: You're a doll for lending me your car.
—Verb phrase
4. doll up, Informal. to dress in an elegant or ostentatiously stylish manner: She got all dolled up for a trip to the opera.
Origin:
1550–60; generic use of Doll

Related forms:
dollish, doll-like, adjective
doll⋅ish⋅ly, adverb
doll⋅ish⋅ness, noun

Doll

  [dol]
–noun
a female given name, form of Dorothy.
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doll   (dŏl)   
n.  
  1. A child's usually small toy having the likeness of a human.
  2. A pretty child.
  3. Slang
    1. An attractive person.
    2. A woman.
    3. A sweetheart or darling.
    4. A helpful or obliging person.
Phrasal Verb(s):
doll up Slang
  1. To dress oneself smartly and often ostentatiously, especially for a special occasion.
  2. To add embellishing details to in order to make much more attractive.

[From Doll, nickname for Dorothy.]
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Doll

Doll\, n. [A contraction of Dorothy; or less prob. an abbreviation of idol; or cf. OD. dol a whipping top, D. dollen to rave, and E. dull.] A child's puppet; a toy baby for a little girl.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : Doll
Spanish: muñeca,
German: die Puppe,
Japanese: 人形
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doll 
1560, endearing name for a female pet or a mistress; originally a familiar form of fem. proper name Dorothy (q.v.). The -l- for -r- substitution in nicknames is common in Eng.: cf. Hal for Harold, Moll for Molly, Sally for Sarah, etc. Attested from 1648 as colloquial for "slattern;" sense of "child's toy baby" is c.1700. Transferred back to living beings 1778 in sense of "pretty, silly woman" dolled up is Amer.Eng. 1906. Doll's house first recorded 1783.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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